Well, my Black Forest Rice Krispie Treats went down very
well the other week. And I liked the idea of flavouring the marshmallow mix.
What with it being the 4th July , what Treats could I make
to pay homage to good ol’ US of A? Well, I love peanut butter and jam on my
toast. The Yanks call it peanut butter and jelly and the jelly they use is
sometimes purple grape flavour. This isn’t a common flavour across here in the
UK, but it’s very sweet and almost bubblegum like.
I had purchased some grape flavour Kool-Aid mix when on my
London travels and thought this would be perfect to mix into the marshmallows.
And for the topping I was just going to spread some smooth PB on top, but I
remembered I had some peanut butter chips, in my store cupboard and they would
set hard on top. I dug them out, with my rice krispies and set to…
(thanks again to Cupcake Kelly at An American Cupcake in London for her inspiration).
(thanks again to Cupcake Kelly at An American Cupcake in London for her inspiration).
Ingredients:
30g unsalted butter
180g mini marshmallows
1 small sachet of Grape Kool-Aid mix (or 4g)
125g Rice Krispies
100g Peanut Butter Chips (or a jar of peanut butter)
Veg Oil
Method:
I sprayed a glass dish with some veg oil spray and set this
aside. In a large saucepan I melted my butter and then added the
marshmallows stirring constantly until melted and incorporated with the butter.
I then added the Kool-Aid powder, stirring until it was all combined.
Next I took the rice krispies and stirred this
into the saucepan, mixing the mallow mix and the rice totally; it was nice and stringy (and smelt amazing!).
I then placed this into the glass dish and pressed down hard
so it was all level and compact.
I let this cool and set, which took about a couple of hours.
When set, I placed my peanut butter chips in a bowl over some simmering water
and melted them. Now I hadn’t melted PB chips in recipes before and thought
they would melt like chocolate – wrong! They seized and went into a tight lump,
so I added just a drizzle of veg oil and stirred this through, making the PB
very spreadable.
I tipped the rice krispies out of the dish and cut them into
about 20 pieces, but you could do bigger or smaller. Then taking a knife I
spread the PB mix on top of the blocks of rice krispies. I set them aside for a
few hours and the PB had set. I took them into work the following day and these
were even more popular than my Black Forest treats.
If you can’t get hold of grape Kool-Aid, try adding a
teaspoon of strawberry flavouring. This would be like strawberry jam instead.
And if you can’t get the PB chips, spread on some smooth peanut butter. This
won’t set like the chips, but will still be delicious!! Enjoy…
(I've tweaked the measurements slightly from the Black Forest Treats - much firmer squares!)
Look delicious, I still have some krispies but none of the US ingredients so might have to experiment.
ReplyDeleteThanks Janice - try some strawberry food flavouring and some smooth peanut butter would work just as well! Let me know how the experimenting turns out :)
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